Improvement in cabinet-bedsteads



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

CONSTANT S. TREVITT, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO JOHN W. MCKNIGHT, OF. SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CABINET-BEDSTEADS.

Specification formin part of Letters Patent No. 155,476, dated September 29, 1874; application tiled August 1, 1874.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CONSTANT S. TREVITT, of Washington, in the District of Columbia,

, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinet-Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description thereof, which will enable'others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to bedsteads formed of a cabinet-case, which may be opened for use and closed when not in use, and n which the bed-bottom is turned down for use between the doors which-form the head and foot boards tothe bed; 'and my improvement consists in supporting the bed-bottom at its outer side, when turned down, by means of a leaf hinged tothe lower edge of the side rail, and wide enough, when turned into a vertical position, to rest upon the oor in line with and beneath the said rail, and maintained in such vertical position by catches at the ends of the supporting-leaf interlocking with catches on the inner sides of the doors, whereby the bed-bottom, when turned down, is supported directly upon the floor, while the catches on the latter serve to hold the hinged leaf from being forced outward, and to maintain its vertical position un der the weight of the occupants, thereby obtaining the advantage of leavin g the doors free from the strain upon their hinges, Which Would be the case if the bed-bottom was supported upon the doors, and, besides supporting the bed-bottom free of the doors, avoids the objections of unstability and creakin g of the bed. The hinged supporting-leaf, when folded upon the rail, forms a cap to close the top space of the bed when folded within the door-frames; but the chief object of the hinged leaf isV to support the bed upon the floor, and between the doors when open, but not thereby.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a view in perspective of a closed cabinet-bed stead embracin g my invention 5 Fig. 2, a similar view with the doors open and the bed-bottom turned down; Fig. 3, a crosssection of Fig.2; Fig. 4, a cross-section of Fig.

1; and Fig. 5, the interlocking' catches of the hinged support and the doors.

The case is formed of two Xed end pieces, a a, and with a bottom and front side board, b c, and doors d, hinged to the front edges of the side pieces, so as to form, when closed, a cabinet article of furniture. The bed-bottom e is hinged at a point, f, about one-fourth its width to the upper edge of the front board c. so that, when turned down horizontal, it will be a proper distance above the floor, while the outer side will be supported between the doors, which are hinged to open at right angles to the case. The outer side ofthe bed-bottom is supported directly upon the floor by means of a leaf, g, hinged to the lower edge of the side rail 71 and of equal length therewith, so as to be unfolded outwardfrom said rail, and to be turned down beneath, but in line with, the same, and rest upon the iloor, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so as to give a direct vertical support to the bed-bottom free of the doors. In this position the support cannot be flexed inward, as the hinges will hold it from such movement; and, to prevent it from yielding outward under the pressure of the occupants, I employ catches or stops of any suitable kind whereby to interlock in lowering the bed-bottom and hold thcsupport rmly beneath the rail. These catches are shown in Fig. 5, in which catches i are shown as projectingfrom the inner sides of the door, and interlocking with catches j on the ends of the hinged support; and the interlocking of these takes place as the bed-bottom is lowered with the leaf turned down. Any suitable device that will brace the leaf from outward movement when turned down Will answer the purpose of the catches, the object being to support the bed upon such leaf, and not upon the doors, as these-are too liable to be broken from their hinges, and too unstable for a bed-support.

The bed-bottom being hinged-near its inner side will, when turned down, extend within the case a, as in Fig. 3, and, when turned up, it will stand with the lower end lling the space between the bottom and front sides b c, in which position the bottom of the bed will stand flush with the front doors when closed to form a cabinet-case, while the bed itself will be held in place by the wall, against which the I claim- The combination, in a cabinet-case, of the hinged support g, with the bed-bottom and the .interlocking stops or catches ij, whereby the bed-bottom is supported between the open doors, and free from strain thereon, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CONSTANT S. TREVITT. Witnesses:

A. E. H. JOHNSON, J. W. HAMILTON JOHNSON. 

